Triple
T8879084
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | University of Essex |
E211362
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundingChancellor |
P85488
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Rab Butler |
E334823
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Rab Butler | Statement: [University of Essex, foundingChancellor, Rab Butler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rab Butler Context triple: [University of Essex, foundingChancellor, Rab Butler]
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A.
Rab Butler
chosen
Rab Butler was a prominent British Conservative politician and reformer, often regarded as a key architect of post-war consensus politics and modern British education policy.
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B.
Duncan Sandys
Duncan Sandys was a British Conservative politician, government minister, and son-in-law of Winston Churchill who played a prominent role in defense and colonial policy during and after World War II.
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C.
Sir Keith Holyoake
Sir Keith Holyoake was a prominent New Zealand politician who served as both Prime Minister and later as Governor-General, playing a major role in the country’s mid-20th-century political landscape.
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D.
Alec Douglas-Home
Alec Douglas-Home was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964.
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E.
Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden was a British Conservative politician and diplomat who served as Foreign Secretary during World War II and later as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: foundingChancellor Context triple: [University of Essex, foundingChancellor, Rab Butler]
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A.
principalAndViceChancellor
Indicates that one entity holds the role of principal while also serving as the vice chancellor of an institution in relation to another entity.
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B.
hasViceChancellor
Indicates that one entity serves as the vice chancellor of another entity.
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C.
servedAsViceChancellorUntil
Indicates that an individual held the position of vice chancellor up to a specified end date or time period.
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D.
rectorOrPresident
Indicates that one entity serves as the rector or president (i.e., the chief executive or head) of another entity, typically an institution such as a university.
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E.
presidentOfTheBoardOfEducation
Indicates that one entity holds the position of president (or chief presiding officer) of the other entity’s board of education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69ca838e78748190934d82db3104f855 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc614ad1908190a77808fcf7f3e531 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfabb87c3481908cf11f2e246f42eb |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:59 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69cc5c2956788190a311c647b4da17a6 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:43 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69cc5d6e54808190af4156edd4c8ffbc |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:52 p.m.